CVE-2025-39408: WordPress BruteGuard – Brute Force Login Protection plugin <= 0.1.4 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in EverPress BruteGuard – Brute Force Login Protection bruteguard allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects BruteGuard – Brute Force Login Protection: from n/a through <= 0.1.4.

Affected products

EverPress BruteGuard – Brute Force Login Protection: through 0.1.4

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/bruteguard/vulnerability/wordpress-bruteguard-brute-force-login-protection-plugin-0-1-4-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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